A Form 4 student died in Karapul, Siaya county on Friday evening after two heavy stones caved in on him inside a quarry. It is suspected that George Otieno Omondi, 18, a student at Siaya Township Secondary School was mining pebbles in Musere when the stones collapsed and killed him. Evans Otieno, a resident, urged quarry workers in the area to desist from 'employing' children. Olimbo who said that there are so many quarries in the area urged quarry workers to avoid going into the sites oblivious of the collapsing stones, occasioned by the rains currently pounding the region. She called on the quarry workers to form the habit of re-filling already excavated depressions that put the lives of both humans and animals in danger.

Source: The Star April 21, 2023 17:53 UTC